With Pretty Pictures!
POST OF THE DAY BENEATH THIS ONE.
Tenth day of funding. Big jump overnight. Fingers crossed, because, well, I believe I deserve to get paid for the almost full time job of running the blog.
I am however aware this is a hard year, and not just for us, but for everyone else, as well. I’m aware a lot of people can’t donate even if they’d wish to, and that a lot of people have greater needs.
Yes, I need to finish disbursing stuff for last year. It’s not been lost.
And I realize I need to put up chapters today. I tried yesterday, but– I pointed out it would slip and it has. At least WD will be up today. Winter Prince might take till tomorrow. The main culprit is not sleeping much, in this case because of Dan’s surgery and things associated.
I’m fundraising because I treat this blog like a job and an obligation, and should be adequately compensated.
Also for me to be able to subcontract some work and have time to sleep now and then:
The first option to donate is Give Send Go. They forbid the use of incentives to donors. So if you give via GSG you’re doing it for the satisfaction of helping According to Hoyt stay up and for me to be compensated for my work. Yes, that total is scary but I never intended for it to be carried by GSG alone. That’s the funding goal for all methods, for the year. A keeping-track-of goal, you might say. To donate to Give Send Go: Link Here.
But if you want to get something for your donation, and particularly if you want to incentivize (totally a word) my fiction writing: I’ve started a substack called Chapter House, in which I’m serializing two novels, one fantasy and one Space Opera, at two chapters a week. (The idea is for Witch’s Daughter to get two new chapters on Wednesday, and Winter Prince two on Friday. because July is h*ll this year (Fun with DOCTORS! People and cat doctors. Yeah) these might slip for the next two/three weeks. After that they won’t.
Go to Chapter House, read the free portion of the books, and consider subscribing to receive the updates. You get a chance to read the novels as they unroll and perhaps to talk/argue about them. You’ll also get them at the end in ebook format. (I’ll try to have a free story once a month or so, for the free subscribers, but no promises) Anyway, to subscribe to Chapter House, the link is: Here.
And for those of you who have Patreon and just want to donate in a system you already have, I have one of those, and I will be posting life events, and excised scenes, and art, and … well, be warned, likely cat stuff. Because I’m owned by cats. Anyway, to donate on Patreon, please: Go here.
Finally, if you must send things by snailmail, yes, we accept checks, cash, and gold bars. Just package those really well.
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And all the pictures are free to a good home. (And fine, okay, I did a quicky fix on the leaky helmets. Mind you, for covers it would need a ton more work, but–)
According To Hoyt 
Lovely ladies.
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Bare-footed in the woods?
That’s asking for trouble. [Big Crazy Grin]
Oh yes, she is lovely. :wink:
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Not a problem if you’re an ursine shifter.
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Hey, y’all, see the links at the top? If you’re on a small device it’s under “menu”, otherwise on the top bar.
Go check those out, yeah? Make sure you’ve got any books you need? Maybe someone needs a birthday present?
It would be really kind of nice if the web guy paid for himself, wouldn’t it? And ping the Assistant-that’s me, even though Indy says it’s him-if something doesn’t work. I have the hotline to the web guy.
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I like the pictures, but the implied holes in the back of the helmets concern me.
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Oh, I take it they’re somehow in safe areas and open. :D
If I were using it for a cover, I’d make the hair vanish.
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How does hair work?
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Well, given how hair clogs drains, it probably also clogs air leaks?
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It’s MJB. I had to remove extra fingers. Again, if I were to use it for a cover, I’d fix the hair.
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That is some very impressive work for AI. Looks like they trained it on about a billion pulp novel covers, eh?
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The next to the last one reminds me of some of the covers for Anne McCaffrey books. Or other Michael Whelen covers.
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And they are very pretty pictures.
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I like the pretty pictures, especially the woman looking out at the sailing harbor. But that last space helmet is significantly larger than its mounting ring. That’s gonna be a problem. AI is still learning.
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to be fair it might never be good for such stuff. That’s why you do post work. I haven’t, because these aren’t covers.
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In space, no one can hear you squeeeeeeeee.
Dangit. You left comms open again …
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Squeeee is the sound a robot makes when Magnus Robot Fighter karate-chops its head off. >:D
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Somebody is showing his age but I’m showing my age by knowing who Magnus Robot Fighter is. :lol:
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Leeja Clan’s dress! Woohoo!
1960s, best time in history to be a kid in Canada. Bar none.
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Nice pix. Next time the art urge hits, could you do some in landscape format? They make for great screensaver backgrounds.
As a Patreon, I thank you for the link to the farturas recipe. I’m hoping they’re as tasty with coffee as they are with tea.
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Oh, sure.
And yes, they are indeed.
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The latest batch of artworks in landscape mode are just ticket for screensavers. AND Windows 10 scales them up automatically, so no manipulation (AI or otherwise) needed. Thanks! Farturas are planned for Saturday breakfast, let’s see if I can cook as well as a Portuguese baker.
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